Derrick Morgan retains lawyer to pursue defamation case in opposition to Queen Ifrica

The household of Jamaican ska singer Derrick Morgan says they’ve retained a lawyer and can pursue authorized motion in opposition to Morgan’s daughter, widespread reggae Queen Ifrica, for allegations she made in opposition to her father earlier this yr.

Merrick Morgan, the son of the 83-year-old ska singer, confirmed that they’ve retained attorney-at-law Charles Ganga-Singh in Jamaica to pursue a defamation swimsuit in opposition to Queen Ifrica.

“We now have retained the providers of Charles Ganga-Singh to characterize the defamation case in opposition to Ventrice [more popularly known as Queen Ifrica],” Merrick confirmed.

In August, by way of social media, Queen Ifrica alleged that her father had sexually violated her a number of years in the past.

She revealed that as a toddler, she had an estranged relationship with Morgan resulting from points surrounding her mom. Nevertheless, as an grownup, she tried to reconnect with him.

Queen Ifrica described a selected incident the place the alleged rape occurred, at his Kingston residence.

“Inna the hours, mi go to mattress and go lay down pon the mattress. Mi father by no means able to go to mattress but, and the subsequent factor mi get up to inna the hours is mi father a penetrate me. Mi get up inna the hours to mi father making an attempt to penetrate me sexually; maintain mi down inna the mattress and have intercourse with me and inform me seh him spouse nah haven’t any intercourse with him, so, him haffi do it with me,” she mentioned.

The singer additional disclosed that the traumatic incident motivated her to pen the 2009 hit tune “Daddy,” which addresses incest.

Derrick Morgan later dismissed the allegations on Instagram.

“Queen I Freak Ya, you’re a shame to the Morgan household,” he wrote in a put up. “You’re a wealth of lies and accusations, that’s the reason our attorneys are on the case.”

Morgan additionally highlighted a 2017 interview the place Ifrica mentioned the inspiration behind the tune, emphasizing her admission of wanting to put in writing about incest resulting from its prevalent affect on individuals she personally is aware of.

His sons, Courtney and Merrick, had additionally defended him on numerous platforms, together with on Ifrica’s pages.

Learn: Jamaican ska singer Derrick Morgan says he’ll pursue authorized motion in opposition to daughter Queen Ifrica over rape accusation